Report reaching Brainnewsradio has it that two persons were injured and one killed in a knife attack in downtown Melbourne on Friday, and Australian police are treating the case as an act of terror.

According to David Clayton, a Police Superintendent from Victoria telling reporters, “Three people have been stabbed. Unfortunately, one of them is deceased at the scene.”

The Suspect is said to have been shot by a Policeman and sent to the hospital.

Police At The Scene Of The Attack

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner, Graham Ashton told reporters at a presser that the Suspect was originally from Somalia and was known to intelligence authorities, adding that the car of the Suspect was packed with gas bottles.

According to a tweet on CGTN Twitter page, Police have locked down the area in the center of Melbourne’s business district where several people were attacked and a car was set on fire during rush hour on
Friday.